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A hipster trucked up to the track
On a pengyful new Uni-Pak
He gave it a punt
It broke. WHAT A CUNT
And the seat-post fucked him up his crack

we gonna jerk it all night long

at the Jerkin and Firkin

VanUden
Van Damage
Van BRM
Van soggy_again
Van fiddy in sidi
Van pajamas (arriving on llamas)
Van soaked_com - just been out for a slippy spin, damn it's wet
VanRock
Van hillbilly (I need MEAT!!)
Van Clefty Van Damme
Fred Van Cliffe (probably)
R Van PM
Van Sano of Bow
bigglesvanworth
Duncan Van Donut!
Van Dropout dirty stop-out

My expected eta at Brixton border-country is 7.00, s'pose the jerking will all be done by then? Maybe I can wing in some trifle supplies.

Also did anyone loose their hat? If so I have it.

Is it an Oxford RC hat in white/black/orange? I lost one, but in the street I thought.

Best night's entertainment for a long time.

Genuinely staggered at the speeds that so many of the riders achieved and tickled that I got to have a go. Thanks to all at Rollapaluza for organizing it so well- and to the guy who held the forks whilst I achieved the dizzying speed of 59km/h...

...Zero preparation, wrong clothing, slipping out the straps; disinclination to break into a sweat... and other excuses. 'Strollapaluza' that's where I'm at.

Thanks for the pictures, everyone, especially WAID for catching Hillbilly emerging sea-monster like; Max- great video of the joyful downhill swoop into Hove, en masse. (Nick Drake soundtrack to boot! +thanks for the definitive and accurate route sheet).

@ Skully- the facial redness is just in juxtaposition to your dayglo 'ban radioactivity' jersey. Subdued hues that flatter the skin tone better. Won't stop the heart attack, but you'll be a prettier corpse!

@ Lebowski the staggered start clearly worked. Should use again on well attended rides.

BTW did anyone from the first group notice I led the WRONG WAY for the first mile?

If it's as good as Brighton run, will be epic.
Skully you've still got plenty of time to change that back sprocket ! -:)
Need to decide date today/tomorrow so I can book day off work. I'd prefer 28th.

1. MA3K
   
2. Shinscar
   
3. Tomasito
   
4. hippy (pending dates)
   
5. Superprecise
   
6. Mini..Cooper (not 21st though it is track day #2)
   
7. Sam (pending dates)
   
8. Rik
   
9. gabes
   
10. Brainflick
    
11. Shoot
    12.eyebrows
    
12. teddy
    
13. skully
    
14. livingasleep (75 miles?! fuck it, im in)
    
15. lucky7
    
16. hillbilly(its my sisters b-day but she'll have another one next year)
    
17. Dropout pending date[/quote]
    

... btw are you talking about magic brownies?!

I promise you won't need psychoactive snacks for Brighton seafront! Rainbow-coloured shockwigs; pumping sound-systems; bright-eyed party people befriending absolute strangers ...You'll be out of it just by being in it.

No, we're much better off sticking with the Dyke.

[quote=Lebowski;246088]
... do you reckon any group is going to overtake/get overtaken? The fast group have the advantage of a smaller group, but 45 mins is a big gap and it's only 60 miles...[quote]

I'd think there's probably a good chance that the fasties will be bearing down on the early starters by Turners Hill, where I stopped yesterday to answer a text msg, arrange my clothing, talk to the locals, kick my tyres and do a spot of birdwatching, as displacement activity from getting up that hill.

There again Geoffrey Butler Cycles on the Brighton Road will be open by the time the fasties woosh by. Maybe they'll stop to ogle Colnagos,

Hare and tortoise.

@ mike_e. just spotted you're making the trip from Hull to join in. I remember you from the Cambridge ride. Now I've got to pack five boxes of choccy brownies?

Well guys, I did a reccy for this today. The weather was beautiful, the route is great. and Devils Dyke has views over all of the Weald, Brighton and the sea... Oh and there's a pub exactly where you'd want to find one. There's also a gravelly steep downhill, before the m25 which raised memories of Grasy Slag's Oxford Hill of Doom.

Big thanks to m-xl and Lebowski for route sheets.

So I can navigate the 'medium group'. and I'm taking a towel to bagsy beach space before all the late sarters get there!

Couldn't have been much better really, could it? clear skies, tailwind, good road surfaces, hardly any other road users after the first three hours.

@ Roberto - of the three fixed riders who got there by 5.00am two were from the forum: Australian Will (fourm name Texas) and Australian Gavin: Nice meeting you guys; announce youself here and claim your accolades.

The coach back was all very convenient and that, but next time I'm going to aim to do what Roberto and Hippy did: get to Ipswich, or maybe even further.

I truly can't believe I got there in the time I did compared to last year's sapping slog in freezing rain. But what truly made it an epic was all the japes with you lot at the beach (once you finally turned up!). Ta again, guys.

@ Tommy. Your pm was blocked,the ticket's yours though, £14.

Off now in a concerted effort to exert myself minimally. Not that I actually use my knees at work. Ride preparation -as good an excuse as ever there was.

But be quick- otherwise Shinscar's alter ego , in all her slippered lovliness, gets free dibs.

I've got a spare ticket for the return coach- housemate just offered it. -any takers?

This medium-paced (ie slow) group will give me a head start on leading form behind.

Medium Pace Group, leaving at 8.00am

1. Stompy
   
2. gabes
   
3. Skully
   4.Dropout
   
   

Medium/Fast Group, leaving at 8.45am

1. Lebowski
   
2. dogsballs
   
3. eyebrows (if I have a bike)
   
4. fc9k (as long as I'm in london by then)
   
5. usukmetendoller (lewis)
   
6. m-xl
   
7. elvis
   
8. andy
   
   

Fast Group, Leaving at 9.30am

1. Mikec
   
2. Hillbilly
   
3. Sainsburys Ed
   
   

TRAIN GROUP, Leaving 11:45 (Victoria)
Object

I'm definite for this, and am going to learn from last year... I'm dropping IN.
[quote=|

1. andyf
   
2. stompy
   
3. kowalski
   
4. Object
   
5. Cornelius Blackfoot
   
6. MA3K
   

7. Tommy

8. VelocityBoy

9. hippy

10. mikec (on fixed - its all I have)
    4.FRANK (think im getting a lift back tho)

11. Cornelius Blackfoot (geared/fixed? not sure yet?)

12. Sam (unless the venue or time is changed.....)

13. dogsballs (what is the ride?) Too far for you....yeh, way too far for you

14. TheBrick(Tommy)

15. eyebrows (if all is well with the world)...almost deleted this line, dunno why ;)

16. Yebo (geared, most likely)

17. illy

18. jonny

19. Sano (fixed is all I have)

20. Bracestower (probably. But definitely on fixed if I do)

21. dave4

22. fatboyralph

23. hillbilly

24. BigFatAl (Grandad lives in Southwold, break out the Adnams!)

25. h2o (who might be really f*ing stupid and ride back again for charidee)

26. 50/14 on a Pinar

27. town

28. finsbury pete (so long as the weather is nice, of course)

29. andy (fixed i think... not 100% yet)

30. mdx (geared - gettin old!)

31. Gav - fixed, inappropriate handlebars, ratio etc

32. claus (fixed - geared is too precious)

33. Dropout: waterproofed,puncture-proofed,calory-laden, low geared and fixed.[/quote]

I want to join you in this Phileas Fogg- styled challenge, Mashton. I'll be waiting near the junction of Upper St and Essex Rd to catch you 6.15-6.30. I'll be on a fashionably white Pinnacle .
...not sure I'll make it as a domestic though, seeing as I don't even own a duster...

Thanks folks, for a great ride: just out of the shower now, with the sunburn and chafing abating a little. The ride showed the brilliance of the forum: camaderie as we sped and slowed then communal beers ....and all of Cambridge had turned out to welcome us!

Lebowski and Cornelious: hope the wounds aren't too painful. Thanks to you both for directing the group.

Special recogition for the guy (Dave?) who travelled to London from Hull to ride out with us, and the two Brighton guys- hope to get Preston Park to spin that track sometime.

As Pilky said, too many names to mention- see you on next week's night ride.

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